Boeing 747-800 delayed again!

[chornedsnorkack]

See:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -down.html

What was the original maiden flight due date?

[OVERLORD_CHRIS]

Can't find the date for you i'll see if we still have one of the Boeing books with the old date in it.

[C]

See:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -down.html

What was the original maiden flight due date?

Never really noticed - most of the publicity has been over the eventual first flight of the 787!

[expat]

"It became clear that late maturity of engineering designs has caused greater than expected re-work and disruption in manufacturing"

Yes, the weather was so bad this year that maturity of engineering designs was experienced by most companies. Possibly a late frost earlier in the year......................Or more BS jargon that is used to cover design cock-ups that required redesigning

Matt

[chornedsnorkack]

Second airline bought Boeing 747-800:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... spell.html
Note:

So far, nobody has bought 747-800 instead of A380. Both the 747-800 customers bought A380 too, KE this year.

Boeing has now sold more VLAs than Airbus this year - Airbus a total of four (2 to Korean, 2 to Outre Mer 380), Boeing five all to KE.

[ApplePie]

That is a big lead. Seriously though, congrats to Boeing for actually selling their product.

[chornedsnorkack]

Delivered!

A private jet at that:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... 8i-368908/

The emir of Qatar is suspected as the lucky owner of the first 747 since 2005.